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Skulley
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 03:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

After a day of bumper to bumper traffic in Galveston Tx. 1st. annual bike rally, the ride home was to be a relief. Two miles from home the oil light comes on and a rider on a blue XB9r pulls away. I limped home to find no oil in the tank and not much sings of leaking. Im getting tired of adding $9. qts. of oil. The only oil spots are at the breather bolts. Damn Devonator has been a problem since install. Their are no gaskets between the head and the intake support plate. The Devonator was supplied with a thick nylon washer that dosn't work well stoping syn. oil from leaking.
At work I found some 1/16" teflon gasket material and cut four gaskets. Two hundred and fifty miles later not even a weep of oil from here, and the tank remains full when hot.
If any one needs some breather bolt gaskets, I may be able to help a few Buellers.
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Spiderman
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2003 - 06:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Did you limp home with the oil light on the whole way??
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Bomber
Posted on Monday, November 03, 2003 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

that devonator sounded like it fell into the snake oil category when I first heard about it
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Fullpower
Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 03:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

two questions:
how many miles did you ride with the oil light on?
and W.T.F. is a "Devonator"?
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